Tucker 1052

[Al-227]

Very interested in the Tucker/Esch Convertible #1052. I'm surprised there is so little about it out there (just one pic and a few sentences)...

Would love to see more pics and details about how George constructed it. Is it scaled down to fit on the Chevy chassis????

Anyone

[plancor 792]

I don't think the Esch Corvair should be referred to as Tucker #1052. It is in no way an original Tucker and is only a persons wildest imagination of what a Tucker convertible would have looked like. The Esch vehicle is basically a Chevrolet Corvair.
Richard

[maineman]

Well said. it's like when you see the ferarri that is made by slapping a fiberglass body over a pontiac fiero, it is in no way a ferarri?!?!

[plancor 792]

Hey Maineman,
Didn't know there were any Pontiac Fiero's left out there. Most of them caught fire at one time or another in their life and were burned up.

Richard

[TuckerCar]

Hey Maineman,
Didn't know there were any Pontiac Fiero's left out there. Most of them caught fire at one time or another in their life and were burned up.

Richard

THat's why they all have fake Ferrari bodies now!

[ehartman13]

Now come on guys, I still have my 1985 Fiero, so all of them did not burn (but it has not had gas in it since about 1995 LOL). Actually it was another car that was ahead of its time, and it was a shame after they got all the bugs worked out of those first few model years, that the car was discontinued due to the problems (like the fires) people remembered. I would bet that the Tucker would have not faired well to the publics eyes for its first run of cars; too much was new and untested for everything to go right. I am sure if they had gone into full scale production, then the bugs would have surfaced and they would also have been worked out, one could only imagine what a 1949 or 1950 model Tucker would be like. And if he followed the latest trend in automotive circles, it would have been something. Kinda like how the new Bug and the Mini came out. First year everyone wanted one no matter what was in it or the limited body style. Give a year or 2 run of that then bring out the convertible version the larger engine, the improved fit and finish and they all get snatched up again (many by the original buyers of the first models as “step-up”). I think Tucker would have done the same, and even though there are many thoughts both ways about if there was a Tucker convertible being worked on, I am sure it would have come out.
Eric

[Preston]

Where can I see an image of this fantacy Tucker convertible?
Is it online?.....